digital assets

Jul 27, 2022

Bitcoin_currenciesCryptocurrency investment was raising $1 billion a week last year thanks to venture capital funds – and adoption rates are likely to continue growing, a Parisian banker told an investment conference.

Jul 20, 2022

CryptocurrenciesCryptocurrency platform Gemini has secured the first ever virtual asset service provider (VASP) licence to be issued by the Irish Central Bank.

Jul 20, 2022

BlockfilesBNP Paribas Securities Services has become the latest asset servicer to promote its push into the digital assets custody sector.

Jul 20, 2022

Schroders buildingGlobal asset manager Schroders has bought a minority stake in Forteus, an asset manager focused on blockchain and digital assets.

Jul 13, 2022

Bank of EnglandThe Bank of England and the Financial Stability Board have become the latest supervisory bodies to independently call for a regulatory framework for the trading of crypto and digital assets.

Jul 13, 2022

SOLDDigital assets specialist GMEX has acquired the crypto custody service Pyctor from Dutch bank ING.

Jul 06, 2022

European Commission buildingThe European Parliament and the Council Presidency have reached agreement on the Markets in Crypto Assets directive, landmark legislation designed to bring the rapidly growing crypto assets sector into a regulatory framework.

Jul 06, 2022

AcquisitionJersey-based digital asset investment firm CoinShares has bought Napoleon Asset Manager, a French firm that claims to be one of the first crypto asset managers to be licensed under the AIFM directive, as of 2019.

Jun 29, 2022

Digital ageFrance-based asset servicer Caceis is the latest firm to announce plans to develop its custody service for digital assets.

Jun 22, 2022

Deutsche BoerseDeutsche Börse is set to introduce a market data offering that includes real-time and historical tick-level data for crypto and digital assets.

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